Edigold Monday, a

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n accountant, businesswoman, bank executive, and educator. She is the Uganda Country Director of

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's foundation for international cooperation (german: Sparkassenstiftung für internationale Kooperation e.V.)., since December 2018. Previously, she served as the

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and

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of Commercial Bank of Africa (Rwanda), a licensed commercial bank. Before that, she worked as the managing director of

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. Monday was the first Ugandan woman to hold the position of managing director and chief executive officer at BOA-Uganda and also the first Ugandan woman to serve as the chief executive officer of a

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in the country's history.

Education

Monday was admitted to

Makerere University Makerere University, Kampala (; Mak) is Uganda's largest and oldest institution of higher learning, first established as a technical school in 1922. It became an independent national university in 1970. Today, Makerere University is composed of n ...

in 1984, graduating in 1987, with a

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in economics and education. She is a

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, certified by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Her second degree is a

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, obtained from Heriot-Watt University. She has attended many other business, management and banking courses, according to her online résumé.

Career

Monday became a banker in 1994, starting as an accountant trainee at Centenary Bank. Over the years, she rose to the rank of Chief Internal Auditor at Centenary Bank in 2001. In 2004 she left Centenary and joined

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, as their Director of Finance and Administration, from June 2004 until January 2007. She later joined Commercial Microfinance (CMF), a Tier II Microfinance Institution, rising to the level of executive director. When Industrial and General Insurance Company Plc. of

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acquired CMF in 2008, renaming the institution Global Trust Bank, Monday served briefly as interim executive director before leaving to join BOA-Uganda. In 2009, she was appointed to serve as acting managing director at BOA-Uganda. She was confirmed in that capacity in December 2010, a position she held until her resignation in April 2014. Effective 30 June 2014, Monday worked as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Crane Bank Rwanda Limited. When Commercial Bank of Africa (Rwanda) acquired Crane Bank Rwanda, on 21 February 2018, Edigold Monday became the managing director of the new bank. In July 2018, CBA Rwanda appointed Lina Mukashyaka Higiro, a Rwandan as the new CEO, thereby replacing Edigold Monday.

References

External links

Website of Crane Bank Rwanda

Brief Biography
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